袖珍

Chinese

		sleeve	precious thing; treasure
simp. and trad. (袖珍)		袖	珍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiùzhēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau⁶ zan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siū-tin / siū-chin / siù-tin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiùzhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòujhen
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴-chên¹
    • Yale: syòu-jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiowjen
    • Palladius: сючжэнь (sjučžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau⁶ zan¹
    • Yale: jauh jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau⁶ dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo⁶ zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯²² t͡sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-tin
    • Tâi-lô: siū-tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxdyn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu²²⁻²¹ tin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹⁻²² tin³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siū-chin
    • Tâi-lô: siū-tsin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuxcyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²²⁻²¹ t͡sin⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù-tin
    • Tâi-lô: siù-tin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuo'dyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²¹⁻⁵³ tin⁴⁴/

Adjective

袖珍

1. (attributive) pocket-size; pocket

Derived terms

• 袖珍人
• 袖珍本 (xiùzhēnběn)
• 袖珍畫／袖珍画
• 袖珍詞典／袖珍词典 (xiùzhēn cídiǎn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (袖珍):

• → Japanese: 袖(しゅう)珍(ちん) (shūchin)
• → Korean: 수진(袖珍) (sujin)